I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Then I started lying to her that I didn't have enough hands...

The girl felt somewhat sorry for herself.

How could I have had such a brain fart and agreed to do something like this?

She spat out the foam from her mouth, rinsed it with water, and said angrily:

"Damn it, this is the last time! Don't even think about it again!"

Xue Jing, standing to the side, looked refreshed for some reason, and simply agreed, "Okay, okay."

Ning Fengwan was furious at his perfunctory attitude.

"Xue Jing, you're so smug, aren't you!"

Xue Jing looked completely innocent. "How could that be, you spoiled teacher?"

Ning Fengwan's narrow, spirited phoenix eyes revealed a resolute look: "Don't think I'm just saying this. This is absolutely the last time. Next time, even if you kneel down and beg me, I still won't help you."

Xue Jing placed his hands on her shoulders and comforted her, "Alright, Teacher Wan, don't be angry. I'll be more careful next time."

Ning Fengwan glared at him angrily: "There won't be a next time!"

Xue Jing chuckled and said, "Alright, alright, there won't be a next time."

……

Late at night, Xue Jing lay in bed.

Ning Fengwan transformed back into her black cat form and was curled up asleep on his chest.

He reached out and gently stroked the cat's smooth fur, then opened the control panel and glanced at it.

Divinity: 309

"There are so many..."

Xue Jing looked thoughtful.

He only facilitated the fusion between Ning Fengwan and the Cat Tail Ring once, yet he gained so much divinity, almost equivalent to the divinity he gained from absorbing a divine relic.

If I can get this much every time, wouldn't I be able to take off?

Perhaps it won't be long before we see what the divine incarnations of [Twins] or [Shadowflame] really are.

"But ultimately, what exactly is 'divinity'?"

Xue Jing had always had a question in his mind.

If divinity is the source of power for divine relics, then divine relics that have had their divinity absorbed should lose their original power.

But in fact, the divine relic from which he absorbed divinity remained completely unchanged... at least, there were no changes that he could perceive.

The same was true for the alien god Bastet... After Ning Fengwan had her divinity absorbed by him, she still gained Bastet's power and obtained the ability called 'Serpent Slayer Vanguard'.

After pondering for a long time, Xue Jing shook his head.

Forget it, I'll think about it later. Anyway, it doesn't seem to have any impact for now.

He opened the panel and scrolled down to the Divine Skills tab.

His finger moved between [Twins] and [Shadowflame].

"I wonder what kind of upgrade Shadowflame Lv2 will get... I guess it'll reduce consumption and increase power or something like that."

After thinking for a moment, Xue Jing decided to upgrade the [Twins] feature.

Currently, for the sublimation of "fitness", other conditions have not yet been met, and divinity is not needed for the time being.

Upgrading [Shadowflame] is not urgent.

Now I happen to have 300 points of divinity, just enough to level up Twins again.

【Twins Lv3 (Divinity required for upgrade: 9/500)】

[Passive: Possesses two lives; after death, can freely choose a resurrection time within seven days. Cooldown: 70 days]

[Active: Each level 1 allows you to designate one ability related to your own physical body, which will have double the effect when used]

[Currently activated: Physical Strength, Movement Speed]

[Currently selectable attributes: Physical defense, reaction speed, calculation ability, concentration, memory...]

The Lv3 Twins passive skill had its cooldown reduced by another ten days, which made Xue Jing's eyes light up.

It seems his previous plan was correct; each level can reduce the cooldown time by ten days. Perhaps when he reaches Lv10, he really can achieve infinite resurrection?

Suppressing his expectations, he turned his attention to the selection of active effects.

What should I choose this time?

Xue Jing's gaze shifted back and forth between [Reaction Speed] and [Physical Defense].

Logically speaking, reaction speed would be an excellent choice, but for him now, [physical defense] is more than just defense...

Physical defense, or in other words, the body's ability to withstand physical strain.

The maximum potential that the five deadly moves of the Hidden Dragon Style can unleash is almost entirely related to the body's endurance...

……

Chapter 86 Greatly Increased Strength, GOD519's Unsharpenable Blade (4K, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Hidden Dragon Dojo, in the cultivation room.

Xue Jing, dressed in a black training uniform, stood quietly in the center of the room, his feet on the solid wood floor.

His gaze was fixed straight ahead, and his entire body, from his chin down, was covered in dense, overlapping 'dragon scales'.

He began to practice the breathing technique that accompanied the Shaking Armor Technique, causing his dragon scales to stretch and tremble, like a real dragon shaking its armor, making a cracking sound.

"Hmm... the injuries should be mostly healed, at least I can start practicing martial arts now."

Xue Jing clenched his fist and nodded.

He has been resting and recuperating for the past three days, and the injury to his skin has finally healed considerably.

After removing the dragon scales from his body, Xue Jing took a deep breath and focused his gaze.

The force surged, the dragon roared, and all the muscles in the body tensed.

Spiral indentations began to appear on his right shoulder, spiraling and extending towards his fist, like a towel being wrung out, making his entire arm appear noticeably thinner.

Even after Juanfeng Lei had finished gathering his strength, Xue Jing did not choose to throw a punch.

With a thought, he activated [Twins].

Three days ago, when choosing the new active effect for the twins, he chose [Physical Defense].

Now is the time to verify the results.

The spiraling compressive force put a great strain on Xue Jing, and his arms were beginning to feel unbearably strained.

However, when Xue Jing activated [Twins], his right arm, which had felt like it was about to explode, suddenly relaxed.

Double the physical defense is equivalent to double the physical endurance.

At this moment, his physical body—bones, muscles, skin, internal organs—has an absolute doubled capacity to withstand all physical forces, disregarding any physical laws.

Naturally, the whirlwind thunder, which is said to be able to compress force infinitely, can also compress it by twice as much as he can bear!

Xue Jing's gaze sharpened, and he continued to compress his energy once more using the Whirlwind Thunder Energy Technique!

His muscles trembled, the dragon's roar within him grew louder, and the spiral indentation on his right shoulder suddenly began to extend backward, like several long snakes crawling under his skin.

The dent spiraled outwards, spreading across the collarbone, neck, armpit, and eventually wrapping around Xue Jing's entire right pectoral muscle.

A faint tremor of unbearable strain came from his muscles, and Xue Jing realized that he had reached his limit.

"what!"

He then let out a loud shout and unleashed a peerless straight punch into the air in front of him!

"boom!!"

In the Hidden Dragon Dojo, a thunderous sound suddenly rang in everyone's ears.

Countless disciples in the training hall looked up, their faces filled with confusion.

"It's thundering?"

"Strange, the weather forecast said it would be sunny for the next few days, and it doesn't look like it's going to rain outside."

In the meditation room, Li Qi, sitting in a wheelchair and holding an old thread-bound book, heard the explosion and immediately turned his head to look in the direction of the meditation room. He smiled silently, his eyes showing satisfaction.

"boom!!"

Starting from the swung fist, a spiral of air, several meters in diameter and visible to the naked eye, roared forward.

The open glass window rattled and trembled, looking as if it was about to shatter. The curtains hanging on it were swept away by the violent airflow, detached from their hooks, and flew out of the window like an electric fan.

Xue Jing clenched his fist and looked at his arm.

"If I hit that cockroach monster again, this punch will probably kill it."

he said to himself.

Having activated the Twins' [Physical Defense], his combat power ceiling almost doubled.

"Not only the Tornado Thunder, but also the Golden Scale and Cloud-Sealing Tail benefited."

"Furthermore, this also raises the upper limit of the [Twin Power]."

The active effect of twins is to disregard any physical laws and multiply a certain aspect of the body by two.

The same applies to the double power brought by twins.

If martial arts were mathematics, then the combination of moves and the exertion of force would be a series of different mathematical formulas.

The "Twin Power" is simply adding 'X2' unconditionally to the end of any formula.

The previous whirlwind of compressed energy allowed Xue Jing to unleash a punch with twice the normal force; with the Twin Powers, it became four times stronger.

Now, after activating the Twin Defense, Tornado Thunder can compress a punch with three times the force of a normal punch. If the Twin Power is used again, it will become six times the normal force!